Transporting us back in time, today’s stars and makeup artists are calling upon the bold beauty looks of the Swinging Sixties

The nostalgic allure of the Swinging Sixties continues to&nbsp;exert a strong pull on today&#39;s beauty trends, as is evident in the artfully executed makeup looks that hark&nbsp;back to the Mod era, such as cat-eye liner with the sharpest of wings,&nbsp;cut crease shadow accentuating the hood of the eyelid, and lashes for days. Current&nbsp;It girls like <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/Culture/timothee-chalamet-and-ariana-grande-to-star-in-upcoming-netflix-comedy-f7827c12-e998-496c-ac67-406e26cc6cef">Ariana Grande</a>, <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/saint-laurent-s-kaia-bag-is-making-waves-among-the-stylish-set">Kaia Gerber</a> and <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/bafta-awards-2020-red-carpet">Lily-Rose Depp</a> have all tapped into the&nbsp;radical makeup inspired by the Mods &mdash; a subculture of London&nbsp;youth who described themselves as modernists.

Before Grande or Gerber, however, models Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton were the cover girls of the 1960s Youth Quake. Proclaimed as the &ldquo;Face of 1966&rdquo;, fashion icon Twiggy once explained, &ldquo;What happened for the first time in the mid-&#39;60s [was] that we didn&#39;t want to look like our mums, we wanted to look different.&quot;&nbsp;

With a collective non-conformist ethos, the Mods sparked a revolution through their space age looks and bohemian trends.

Twiggy

Jean Shrimpton

Sharon Tate

Audrey Hepburn

Diana Ross

Natalie Wood

Sophia Loren

Donyale Luna

Priscilla Presley

Jane Birkin

Naomi Sims

Brigitte Bardot

Pattie Boyd

Penelope Tree

Edie Sedgwick

Catherine Deneuve

Similar to the&nbsp;socially and politically&nbsp;turbulent times of the 1960s, Millennials and Gen Z-ers&nbsp;continue to fight&nbsp;the status quo with individual autonomy and expressive agency. Unafraid to stand up or stand out, young people are using fashion and beauty to make a statement.&nbsp;

Acting as an homage to the Kennedy era, Grande&#39;s&nbsp;Positions&nbsp;album cover art and <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/every-outfit-ariana-grande-wore-in-her-new-positions-mv">lead single music video</a> see&nbsp;the powerhouse vocalist donning flippy bouffants and <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/jewellery/van-cleef-arpels-nods-to-jacqueline-kennedy-s-impeccable-style-with-new-earrings">Jackie O</a>-inspired garb (pillbox hats and all),&nbsp;while singing and dancing in a recreation of the White House. But the real vintage standout is her quintessentially &lsquo;60s glam, with fierce eyeliner&nbsp;and voluminous lashes. Blowing up on social media, Grande&#39;s makeup has become the latest <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/Culture/this-tiktok-trend-will-show-you-how-to-dress-like-a-gucci-model">viral trend on TikTok</a>, with thousands of users showing off their own Mod makeup&nbsp;and creating tutorials so that others can copy Grande&rsquo;s chic look too.

Supermodel Gerber also underwent a recent transformation, as she and boyfriend Jacob Elordi decided to make a retro reference for <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/Culture/halloween-2020">Halloween this year</a>. Dressing up as Elvis and Priscilla Presley,&nbsp;Gerber&rsquo;s look came courtesy of hairstylist Charlie Le Mindu and makeup artist Sam Visser, the latter of which has&nbsp;also done Mod-inspired glam for celebrities like Depp. Calling on <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/60-s-fashion-icon-sharon-tate-lives-on-through-her-sense-of-style">Sharon Tate</a>, whose&nbsp;beauty influence returned to the limelight&nbsp;with <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/jewellery/margot-robbie-michelle-yeoh-and-ester-ledecka-are-the-faces-of-richard-mille">Margot Robbie</a>&#39;s recent&nbsp;portrayal of Tate in&nbsp;Quentin Tarantino&rsquo;s&nbsp;Once Upon a Time in&nbsp;Hollywood, Visser transferred her signature negative space,&nbsp;cut crease eyeliner looks to Depp.&nbsp;

Sofia Richie with Sophia Loren-inspired eyeliner

Kaia Gerber as Priscilla Presley,  with makeup by Sam Visser

Ariana Grande in "Positions"

Lily-Rose Depp with makeup done by Sam Visser

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit"

Salem Mitchell with makeup by Samuel Paul

Lucy Boynton in 2019 with makeup by Jo Baker

Adwoa Aboah photographed by Louie Banks

Margot Robbie with makeup by Pati Dubroff

Lily Collins at the 2019 Met Gala, with Priscilla Presley-inspired makeup by Fiona Stiles

Selena Gomez with makeup by Hung Vanngo

Lily Aldridge with makeup by Carolina Gonzalez

Giving us the &#39;60s&nbsp;fix we need,&nbsp;Netflix&#39;s&nbsp;The Queen&rsquo;s Gambit&nbsp;sees <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/Culture/anya-taylor-joy-talks-emma-metoo-and-maximising-her-creativity">Anya Taylor-Joy</a>&nbsp;glammed up &agrave; la award-winning actress Natalie Wood. Taylor-Joy&rsquo;s character, Beth Harmon, attempts to emulate <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/beauty/the-14-beauty-trends-that-will-be-everywhere-in-2020">the floating eyeliner</a> of the 1960s&nbsp;while on a pill bender and jamming out to Shocking Blue&rsquo;s &quot;I&rsquo;m Your Venus&quot;. Channeling that unforgettable era, The Queen&#39;s Gambit&nbsp;proves&nbsp;we can&rsquo;t get enough of that counterculture (and its makeup).

Characterised by statement doe eyes, mascara-coated spidery lashes, two-toned lids with ultra-high arches&nbsp;and negative space liner, typically paired with angled brows, blusher-dusted cheeks&nbsp;and a nude pout, Mod beauty is once again the hottest look of the moment.

Mod Makeup Is The Retro Beauty Trend Making A Big Comeback

Mod Makeup Is The Retro Beauty Trend Making A Big Comeback

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